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Modern art takes an unexpected twist: Empty sculpture stand and blank canvas are main attractions at ‘invisible art’ exhibition

Some of the best art here you will never see...........

By Eleanor Harding
PUBLISHED: 17:39 GMT, 18 May 2012 | UPDATED: 18:09 GMT, 18 May 2012




It looks like the aftermath of a museum robbery.
But this empty sculpture stand is in fact the main attraction at a leading British gallery – and punters will be charged £8 a head to see it.
The ‘work’ was created as a stunt by Andy Warhol and will form part of an exhibition of ‘invisible art’ at London’s Hayward Gallery.

Empty: Tom Friedman's Untitled (A Curse) was stood on by Andy Warhol. The artist hired a witch to curse it



Visitors will be asked to look beyond ‘material objects’ and ‘set their imaginations on fire’ by looking at the empty gallery spaces.
Also included in the 50 ‘invisible works’ will be an empty piece of paper, an empty canvas and an empty space.



It is thought to be the first such exhibition staged at a major institution in the UK.
But it is likely to provide more fuel to critics who see much of modern art as a case of the ‘Emperor’s new clothes’. Quite literally, in this case.

Invisible: Gianni Motti's Magic Ink, 1989 has drawings made in invisible ink



Mystery: Yves Klein's In the Void Room (Raum der Leere), 1961, is one of the exhibits at the show

Ralph Rugoff, director of the Hayward Gallery, offered a different view. He said: ‘I think visitors will find that there is plenty to see and experience in this exhibition of invisible art.
‘This exhibition highlights that art isn’t about material objects, it’s about setting our imaginations alight, and that’s what the artists in this show do in many varied ways.’
Warhol’s ‘Invisible Sculpture'; - dating from 1985 - consists of an empty plinth on which he had once briefly stepped.
Another work, ‘1000 Hours of Staring’, is a blank piece of paper at which artist Tom Friedman has stared repeatedly over the space of five years.
The same artist is behind ‘Untitled (A Curse)’, an empty space which has been cursed by a witch.
Invisible: Art about the Unseen 1957 - 2012 opens on June 12 and also includes work by John Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono, who provides instructions encouraging viewers to conjure up an artwork in their minds.

Visitors to Jeppe Hein's Invisible Labyrinth wear headphones that vibrate when they bump into an invisible wall


Vanishing act: Art about the unseen is on show at the Hayward Gallery on the South Bank

And there will be an Invisible Labyrinth by Jeppe Heine, in which visitors negotiate their way around a maze wearing digital headphones activated by infra-red beams.
The exhibition forms part of the Southbank Centre’s summer-long Festival Of The World with MasterCard.
Mr Rugoff added: ‘From the amusing to the philosophical, you will be able to explore an invisible labyrinth that only materialises as you move around it, see an artwork that has been created by the artist staring at it for 1000 hours, walk through an installation designed to evoke the afterlife, and be in the presence of Andy Warhol’s celebrity aura.’

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